Chattanooga Choo Choo

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December 23rd 2015

Published: June 25th 2017

Geo: 35.0464, -85.3094So what happens when you tell DH that we're going to Chattanooga, Tennessee. You get to hear an off-key version of:"Pardon me, boyIs that the Chattanooga choo choo?Track twenty-nineBoy, you can gimme a shineCan you affordTo board a Chattanooga choo chooI've got my fareAnd just a trifle to spare"…over and over again (although admittedly she only knew th... Read Full Entry

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Savannah

We thought we had gotten lost and were in Georgia until we saw the town slogan.

Piggly Wiggly

Piggly Wiggly was the first food market store in the world that allowed for self service, and the originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts.

Buford Pussers Home/Museum

Buford Pusser

Buford Pusser Big Sticks

Buford Pusser Gun

Engraving says "What Right's Right, What's Wrong's Wrong, No Matter Who You Are".

Buford Pussers Wrecked Car

Pusser died on August 21, 1974 from injuries sustained in a one-car automobile accident. Local speculation as to the cause included rumors of sabotage to the steering mechanism and the tie-rods.

Buford Pusser Has His Own Water Tower

Walking Tall, Carrying A Little Stick

We need a bigger bat.

7th January 2016

Kendall
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Interesting blog....and my connection to it in a long about way, is that my sister played the court reporter in the Walking Tall movie! She is a court reporter in real life...and they filmed parts in Vancouver and needed a good looking pers
on to fill the role in a 'real' way.... so she got a non-speaking role in the movie (basically you see flashes of her in the courtroom scene...!)

7th January 2016

regw47
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A real Engine with character.

8th January 2016

Dad
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We continue to experience the death/resurrection of this blog's mechanics - so we're typing as fast as we can before this thing crashes again. Fascinating & funny stuff! Only in the good ol' USA would you find a town plastered with t
he Choo Choo phrase..

8th January 2016

debbiebutt
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Love the train hotel......do we have surprises when we get to New Mexico?

8th January 2016

may-vic
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WHAT!! You weren't comfortable on the Hudson Bay Via Rail train.

10th January 2016

may-vic
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Prettiest tow car/truck ever!

10th January 2016

Sid
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What do you use for the DH cake mix?